Garment hanger



May 26, 1936. F. s. SHAFFER I GARMENT HANGER Filed March 2,

INVENTOF! ATTORNEY6f Patented May 26, 1936 UNITED STATES GARMENT HANGER Frederic s. Shafler, Cinclnnatl,0hio

Appllcatlon March 2,

- '4 Claims.

This invention relates to'garment hangers and particularly to garment hangers adapted for use by dry cleaners ior returning dresses, suits, overcoats, and all types of garments to their owners after they have been cleaned and/or pressed.

It is the present practice oi dry cleaners in returning garments to pin the shoulder straps oi sleeveless evening gowns or other sleeveless garments to the hangers, likewise dresses having very wide neck openings, men's trousers, and other articles which are'normally hung over the horizontal bar of the hanger. This pinning is for the purpose oi preventing the garment from being shaken oflf the hanger by the jouncing it normally receives in the delivery wagon as ilris pinning requires an appreciable amount of hand labor and is injurious to the garments, produces very unsightly pinholes and is very obnoxious the dry cleaner's patrons. The object of this invention is to provide a hanger sufllciently cheap to permit its use by dry cleaners ior returning garments to their patrons, which entirely eliminates the necessity of using pins to hold the garments to the hanger and which will at once'take care oi all oi the various diiierent types oi garments in relation to which the specified problem arises. I v The hanger oi this invention comprises a length oi wire bent upon itselito iorm a horizontal bar, two shoulders sloping upwardly from each end thereof, and a hook portion between the top ends of said sloping shoulders. The novelty oi the invention comprises a downwardly extending notch or loop in each shoulder portion, the bottom oi said loop being positioned suiiiciently close to the horizontal bar as to constitute compression means in conjunction therewith. the bottom oi said loop preierably being parallel with the horizontal bar 0 to provide appropriate compression Garments oi all types, evening gowns or men's trousers, draperies, neckties, etc., may be quickly and easily placed securely on these hangers as a result oi this novel construction.

Other objects and certain advantages will be more iully apparent irom a description oi the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a side view oi the improved hanger.

Figure 2 is a perspective view oi the hanger 50 showing a pair oi trousers supported thereon.

Figure 3 is a side view oi the garment hanger showing a woman's undergarment supported thereon illustrating the function of the hanger ior the support oi a garment having shoulder straps.

1932, Serlal No. 596,293 (Cl. 223-48) 4 a supporting means and the usual triangular gar- I ment iorm with the conventional provision oi inclined shoulder support bars for an upper garment and a cross bar for supporting trousers. 5

5 It is recognized that certain garments such as women's garments having no sleeves or oi wide neck opening, or in many cases thin shoulder straps, do not emciently remain on the hanger or have a tendency to slide down the inclined sup- 1 ,portib'ars and to thereby become displacedirom the hanger, and that displacement occurs in con-,/ nection with men's trousers. draped irom the lower bar; 1 For this reason, generally described, the present hanger includes a device preferably integral therewith which receives anddeflnitely prevents displacement oi the particular garments. V v

The clamping devices are adapted to. engage upon the trousers for maintaining them on the lower. cross bar, it being considered an additional item of value that these devices are formed as a part of the devices preventing displacement oi the garments irom the inclined shoulder support bars.

Rei'erring specifically to the drawing, as one iorm oi the ioregoing invention, the hanger is constructed oi a single piece or length oi wire 5. The wire I is bent into triangular iorm to provide a lower cross bar C and inclined or shoulder sup port bars 1, these inclined support bar's being joined and the ends oi the wire length being intertwisted as at I and one end extended beyond and bent to iorm a hook l. In the formation of the inclined support or shoulder bars I, the 30 is iorrned or looped to provide receptacles ll having introductory slots ll along the inclined bar lengths. Each oi. these receptaeles speciiically described, are formed by bending the wire completely reversely as at I! practically back into the particular .bight It at 1 the adjacent lowercorner oi the hanger, then extending the wire parallel with but slightly spaced from the lower bar as at H andthen upwardly as at II to a point adjacent the reverse bend leavinga slot ll of suilicient width to permit the insertion of shoulder straps whereupon the iurther extension oi the wire is as previously described. I

As shown in Figure 2, the trousers are in clamped positionon, the lower support or cross bar I oi the hanger, thefdepending loops or en- ,clomres ll tor the shoulder straps having their lower cross pieces I engaged upon the trousers and clamping the same-against the lower or cross bar 0. The normal width oi the slot iormed between the lower bar and the dependingloop is less than the thickness of the cloth. In some cases thecrossbarsiandllmaybeincontact-and readily spread for the insertion of the garment or cloth article therebetween. Thereby, when the cloth is interposed. a clamping action occurs.

As shown inl 'igure 3 a woman's garment. such as a slip I1, is hung from the hanger by insertion oi the shoulder straps ll through the slots and into the dependlngloops forming the receptacle for the straps. These loops prevent undue lateral displacement oi the straps and provide the strictly horizontal support bars I therefor.

It'is also 01' importance that the hanger will readily support garments of thin material such as silk dresses whichmay have'wide neckopenings and will prevent displacement of these garments by virtue oi the break in the inclined surfaces provided by the slots. The neck margin of a woman's garment such as a dress will depend into the slots and there will be less tendency for slippage from the inclined support bars.

Having described my invention. I claim:

1. A garment support iormed voi wire bent into a triangular form and including a hook at its upper end, said lorm providing inclined shoulder supporting bars and a lower cross support bar, the portions of wire i'orming the inclined support bars being bent to form depending loops oi triangular form, the base portionspi which provide lower cross bars disposed parallel with and spaced apart from the lower cross bar of the hanger and said loops of triangular form including entry slots at their apexes whereby the shoulder straps of garments may be inserted through the slots and supported on the lower cross bars of the loops and-trousers maybe interposed between the lower cross bars or the loops and the lower cross bar of the hanger form.

v 2. A garment support formed of wire bent into a triangular form and including a hook at its upper end, said form providing inclined shoulder triangular form and eomprising a west shoulder coniormlng members depending inasmverains relation from said hook, a trouser support cross bar connecting said shoulder members at their diverging ends and to lie in a horizontal plane when the hanger isin service so position. and garment hanger support loops formed as depending inward triamular shaped extensions 0! said divergent shoulder conforming members respectively. the 0 i mh having a straight cross bar portion parallel with the trouas ser cross bar. said triangular shaped extemions providing entry slots at the apexes thereoijper- V mitting insertion oi the straps at a garment therethrough for support on said strakht cross bar portions. 4o

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